VOCABULARY: LITERARY
FICTION GENRES
ADVENTURE
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FANTASY
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COMEDY
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TRAGEDY
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DETECTIVE
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LOVE
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HORROR
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SCIENCE
FICTION
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VOCABULARY: ELEMENTS OF FICTION
PLOT
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CHAPTER
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SETTING
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PROTAGONIST
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MINOR
CHARACTER
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TWIST
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PREPARING A BIOGRAPHICAL TIMELINE ABOUT THE LIFE OF A WRITER
- Name of the writer.
- He / She was born in … (year, country).
- He / She started writing in … / when …
- Relevant events in his / her life.
- Important works.
- He / She died in (year, country).
WRITING A BOOK REVIEW (1º ESO)
Paragraph 1
This book / short story is called … and it is a ... (genre)
book / short story. It was written by ... (author) in .... (country) in … (year).
Paragraph 2
(PLOT) It tells us about ... / It is about …
(SETTING) The action takes place in…(location) in ....(time).
The protagonist / main character is… (Describe him / her physically and psychologically)
My favourite character is … because ... / I also like
….
Paragraph 3
In my opinion/view, the book is ... (negative adjectives:
boring, awful, disappointing, predictable; positive adjectives: interesting, amusing,
thrilling, fascinating, amazing, exciting), because ....
In conclusion, it is a book I recommend / don't recommed to
anyone.
WRITING A BOOK REVIEW (2º ESO)
Paragraph 1
This book / short story I have read is called … and it is a ... (genre) book / short story, which was written by ... (author) in … (country) in ... (year). The main topic is ... (noun).
Paragraph 2
(PLOT) Summary of the events in the story using past tenses, including setting (location and time).
The protagonist / main character is… (Describe him / her physically and psychologically)
I love/dislike the protagonist / main character, because ...
The part in the story I liked the most was when ... My least favourite part of the story was...
Paragraph 3
I think / I feel / It seems to me that the book is ... (negative adjectives: boring, awful, disappointing, predictable, difficult to understand; positive adjectives: very/really interesting, amusing, thrilling, exciting, enjoyable), because ...
In conclusion, it is a book I would/wouldn't recommend to anyone.
WRITING A BOOK REVIEW (3º ESO)
Paragraph 1
This book / short story I have read is called … and it is a ... (genre) book / short story, which was written by ... (author) in … (country) in ... (year). It deals with (main topic or key ideas expressed in a few nouns).
Paragraph 2
(PLOT) Summary of the events in the story using past tenses, including setting (location and time).
The protagonist / main character is… (Describe him / her physically and psychologically)
I love/dislike the protagonist / main character, because ...
I was pleasantly surprised by ... / The best part of the story is when ... What I disliked the most was... / The worst part of the story was probably when ...
If I had written this book, I would have changed ....
Paragraph 3
I think / I feel / It seems to me that the book is ... (negative adjectives: boring, awful, disappointing, predictable, dull, uninteresting, erratic, difficult to understand; positive adjectives: absolutely/very/quite/really interesting, amusing, thrilling, fascinating, amazing, exciting, enjoyable //amazing, impressive, breathtaking, mesmerizing, gripping), because ...
In conclusion, if I were you, I would (not) read this book because... / I would (strongly/definitely) recommend/suggest reading this book to people who ...
